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On Wed 05 Feb, Denham Miriam wrote: > My husband had a severe tremor in his left hand and arm at the time he was > diagnosed in 1988. The Sinemet practically stopped the tremor! > > Miriam L. Denham cg for Dale, 74, dx 1988 > [log in to unmask] > > On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Joao Paulo Carvalho wrote: > > > John S. Walker wrote: > > > > > > Some Facts About Parkinson's Disease > > > http://www.dash.com:80/netro/nwx/tmr/tmr0197/parkinson0197.html > > > > > > Mark E. Abell, BS, PA-C > > > > <snip><snip> > > > The use of Sinemet in the treatment of Parkinson's > > > disease should be reserved for reducing the slow movements and > > > rigidity; the drug does very little in reducing the tremors. > > > <snip> > > > Recall that the use of Sinemet does not do much to help the tremors, > > > but is used in the treatment of rigidity and bradykinesia; and those > > > two characteristics of the disease are measured (in terms of > > > frequency) to determine the affects of the medication in the treatment > > > of the disease. > > <snip> <snip> > > > > I observe that at least in my case the levodopa DOES HELP very much > > about tremors since I still am not affected by the other symptoms.It > > would be very interesting to have the testimony of others PWPD in this > > list about this assertion. > > > > Regards, > > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > Hello Joao Paulo, > I rely totally on Sinemet (Madopar) to control my tremor, Which is classic Parkinson's Tremor. It is still highly effective after 17 years, the only problem is, as you know, the difficulty in achieving the correct dosage, which becomes progressively more difficult as PD progresses. -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>